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2024 Women's International Festival Of Hockey
The 2024 Women's International Festival of Hockey was the third edition of the International Festival of Hockey. The tournament took place in Perth, Australia, from 20 to 28 April 2024. The national teams of Australia, China and Japan competed in the tournament, with the addition of a development team from Australia. China won the tournament, finishing top of the pool at the conclusion of the round-robin tournament. Australia finished in second place, followed by the Australian Development Squad and Japan. Participating nations In addition to the three national sides, Australia will field a development team: Head Coach: Katrina Powell # Claire Colwill #Ambrosia Malone #Brooke Peris ( C) # Amy Lawton # Grace Young # Aleisha Power ( GK) #Maddison Brooks # Alice Arnott # Greta Hayes # Harriet Shand # Stephanie Kershaw # Kaitlin Nobbs ( C) # Lucy Sharman # Jane Claxton ( C) # Jocelyn Bartram ( GK) # Karri Somerville # Renee Taylor # Mariah Williams # Rebecca Greiner #Abigail W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Perth, Western Australia
Perth () is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of Western Australia. It is the list of cities in Australia by population, fourth-most-populous city in Australia, with a population of over 2.3 million within Greater Perth . The Extremes on Earth#Other places considered the most remote, world's most isolated major city by certain criteria, Perth is part of the South West Land Division of Western Australia, with most of Perth metropolitan region, Perth's metropolitan area on the Swan Coastal Plain between the Indian Ocean and the Darling Scarp. The city has expanded outward from the original British settlements on the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River, upon which its #Central business district, central business district and port of Fremantle are situated. Perth was founded by James Stirling (Royal Navy officer), Captain James Stirling in 1829 as the administrative centre of the Swan River Colony. The city is situated on the traditional lands of the Whadju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Amy Lawton
Amy Rose Lawton (born 19 January 2002) is an Australian field hockey player. Personal life Amy Lawton was born in Worthing, England before relocating to Emerald, Victoria at the age of 7 with her parents and younger sister, Josie. She began playing hockey at nine years of age for her local club Casey, before moving to Cheltenham-based Southern United Hockey Club two years later. As well as hockey, Lawton also plays soccer and competes in triathlons, and has made representative teams for Victoria in all three sports. Lawton is a current scholarship holder at the Victorian Institute of Sport. Career Junior national teams Under 18 In 2018, Lawton made her debut for the Australian Under 18 team at the Oceania Youth Olympic Games Qualifier in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. The team won gold, qualifying for 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the Youth Olympic Games, Lawton again represented the Under 18 side. At the tournament, the team finished fifth. Under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karri Somerville
Karri Somerville (born 7 April 1999) is an Australian field hockey player. Personal life Karri Somerville was born in Kensington, Western Australia. She was a student at All Saint's College in Bull Creek, Western Australia, from where she graduated in 2016. Somerville is a current scholarship holder at the Western Australian Institute of Sport. Career Junior In 2016, Somerville was a member of the Australian women's junior national team ' The Jillaroos' that won bronze at the 2016 Junior World Cup in Santiago, Chile. Indoor Somerville made her debut for the Australian indoor hockey team in 2018, at the Indoor World Cup in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament, Australia finished in 6th place, and Somerville scored once throughout the competition. Senior While Somerville has not yet debuted for the Hockeyroos, she is currently a member of the national development squad. Somerville qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos The Australia women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jocelyn Bartram
Jocelyn Margaret Bartram (born 4 May 1993) is an Australian field hockey player. She plays as a goalkeeper for the Australian women's national field hockey team. Early life and education Jocelyn Bartram is from Albury, Australia. Bartram was an active child, playing field hockey, soccer, water polo, basketball and tennis during her youth. Her mother, father and brother also played hockey. Bartram commenced her studies focusing on Sports Science through University of Technology, Sydney. More recently she has transferred her sports science studies to Edith Cowan University in Perth, in conjunction with her move to Perth for her permanent placement in the Hockeyroos squad. Career Bartram spent two years on the Under-21 team for Australian women's field hockey. She was then cut from the team in the lead up to the 2013 Under-21 field hockey world cup. Bartram has played goalkeeper for the NSW team in the Australian Hockey League since 2008. In 2014, national selectors noticed her p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jane Claxton
Jane Claxton (born 26 October 1992) is an Australian field hockey player for Australia. Claxton was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were defeated by the Netherlands women's national field hockey team in the final of the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup, a Gold Medal winner at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and member of the team that went to the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was also named captain of the Hockeyroos in November 2016 for the Trans-Tasman Trophy against New Zealand. Playing career Club hockey Claxton played club hockey in Adelaide for the Burnside Bulldogs. Whilst living in Perth, she plays for Victoria Park Xavier Panthers (VPX) Premier League Women's competition. State hockey Claxton played state representative hockey for South Australia in Under 12 (SAPSASA), Under 13, Under 15, Under 16(Secondary Schools), Under 18 and Under 21. In 2012, Claxton was Player of the Tournament at the U21 Women's National Hockey Championships where South Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lucy Sharman
Lucy Sharman (born 24 May 2003) is an Australian field hockey player. Personal life Lucy Sharman grew up in the locality of Kalangadoo in South Australia. Sharman was a student at Pembroke School. Career Domestic league In Hockey Australia's domestic league, the JDH Hockey One, Sharman is a member of the Adelaide Fire. Under–21 Sharman made her junior international debut for the Jillaroos in 2023. She represented the team during a test series against Japan in the Gold Coast. Later that year she was selected in the squad for the FIH Junior World Cup in Santiago. Hockeyroos Following an outstanding year in junior competition in 2023, Sharman was named in the Hockeyroos squad for the first time. She will make her debut during season five of the FIH Pro League FIH Pro League may refer to: *Men's FIH Pro League *Women's FIH Pro League The Women's FIH Pro League is an international women's field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaitlin Nobbs
Kaitlin Nobbs (born 24 September 1997) is an Australian field hockey player. She has played for the Australian national team, the Hockeyroos. Early life Nobbs is the daughter of Australian field hockey players Michael Nobbs and Lee Capes. Her father played in the 1984 Summer Olympics and coached the Indian men's team at the 2012 Summer Olympics, while her mother won the gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Her aunt Michelle Capes and uncle Mark Hager also represented Australia at field hockey at the Olympics. Nobbs has an older sister, Jaimee, who is a competitive figure skater. Nobbs was born in Western Australia and lived there until the age of 14. She then moved to Newington, New South Wales. She graduated from Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in 2015. She then began attending Curtin University where she studied nursing. Career In 2014, Nobbs played for her first professional hockey team, the New South Wales Arrows, part of the Australian Hockey League. Nobbs r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephanie Kershaw
Stephanie "Steph" Kershaw (born 19 April 1995) is an Australian field hockey player. Personal life Kershaw was born in Townsville, Queensland. She plays hockey for her home state in the Australian Hockey League, as part of the Queensland Scorchers team. Career Senior national team Kershaw made her senior international debut in a test series against Korea in September 2015. Following her debut in September, Kershaw was part of the Australian team that won the 2015 Oceania Cup in October. In 2018, Kershaw was named in the Hockeyroos team to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The team finished second, winning a silver medal after losing to New Zealand 4–1 in the final. Kershaw was also a member of the Australian team at the 2018 World Cup, where the team finished in fourth place. Again in 2018, Kershaw also represented Australia at the Sompo Cup in Japan, and the Champions Trophy in China. Kershaw qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was part of the Hockeyroos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Hattie Shand
Harriet 'Hattie' Ngaire Shand (born 11 January 2000) is an Australian field hockey player, who plays as a defender. Personal life Hattie Shand was born in Naracoorte, South Australia and grew up in Langkoop, Victoria near Apsley, Victoria. She attended Naracoorte Primary School and Naracoorte High School, she currently studies part-time at the University of Adelaide. She is of Australian and Maori heritage. Career Achievements Shand is a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute. In 2021, she was awarded a Tier 3 Scholarship from the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Club hockey Shand plays club hockey in South Australia's top level domestic competition, the Premier League. She is a member of the Adelaide Hockey Club. Domestic hockey In Hockey Australia's domestic competitions, Shand plays for her home state, South Australia. From 2017–2018, she was a member of the SA Suns team in the Australian Hockey League (AHL). Following the dissolution of the AHL, Shan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Greta Hayes (field Hockey)
Greta Hayes (born 17 October 1996) is an Australian field hockey player. Career Junior National Team Hayes first represented Australia's Under 21 side, the Jillaroos, at the 2016 Junior Oceania Cup. The tournament served as a qualifier for the 2016 Junior World Cup held in Chile. In October 2016, Hayes was named in the Jillaroos team for the Junior World Cup. At the tournament, Hayes scored two goals, with the team securing the bronze medal after defeating Spain in a penalty shoot-out. Senior National Team In 2017, Hayes was named in the Australian national development squad for the first time. Hayes made her international debut for Australia in November 2018, at the Hockey Champions Trophy. Hayes was one of four players included in the team who were not part of Hockey Australia's centralised training program at the time. Hayes was a member of the Hockeyroos squad at the XXXII Olympic Games in Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Alice Arnott
Alice Arnott (born 25 February 1998) is a field hockey player from Australia, who plays as a forward. Personal life Alice Arnott was born and raised in Scone but progressed to play Hockey in Tamworth, New South Wales. Alice's boyfriend, Tom Craig, is a member of the Kookaburras, the Australian men's national field hockey team. Career Under–21 In 2018, Arnott made her debut for the Australia U–21 team during a test series against New Zealand in Hastings. She followed this up with appearances during a tri-nations tournament in 2019, as well as a test series against Japan in 2020, both held in Canberra. Hockeyroos Arnott received her first Hockeyroos call-up in 2023. She made her international debut in a test series against India in Adelaide. In 2024, Arnott was officially raised into the Hockeyroos squad. She was a member of the squad that competed at the XXXIII Summer Olympics in Paris, being eliminated in the quarterfinals by China. International goals Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Maddison Brooks
Maddison Brooks (born 23 September 2004) is a field hockey player from Australia. Personal life Maddison Brooks was born and raised in Hobart, Tasmania. She comes from a hockey family, with her mother and twin sister both representing Tasmania at a senior level. Brooks completed a Bachelor of Business (Sports Management) at Deakin University. Career Domestic league In Hockey Australia's domestic league, the Sultana Bran Hockey One, Brooks is a member of the Tassie Tigers. Under–21 Brooks made her junior international debut in 2022 at the Junior Oceania Cup in Canberra. She was a member of the Jillaroos squad that won gold. Hockeyroos In 2023, Brooks was selected to make her debut for the Hockeyroos during the FIH Pro League matches. She made her official debut on 28 February 2023 against Argentina, where the team came away with a 2–0 win. International goals References External links * * * * Maddison Brooksat the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
